Preface

Welcome to Connecting Systems Using Reactive Network Configuration in Oracle Solaris 11.1. This book is a part of the series Establishing An Oracle Solaris 11.1 Network that cover
basic topics and procedures to configure Oracle Solaris networks. This book assumes that
you have already installed Oracle Solaris. You should be ready to configure your
network or ready to configure any networking software that is required on your
network.

Note - This Oracle Solaris release supports systems that use the SPARC and x86 families
of processor architectures. The supported systems appear in the Oracle Solaris OS: Hardware Compatibility Lists. This document cites any
implementation differences between the platform types.

Who Should Use This Book

This book is intended for anyone responsible for administering systems that run Oracle
Solaris, which are configured in a network. To use this book, you should
have at least two years of UNIX system administration experience. Attending UNIX system
administration training courses might be helpful.

Typographic Conventions

The following table describes the typographic conventions that are used in this book.

Table P-1 Typographic Conventions

Typeface

Description

Example

AaBbCc123

The
names of commands, files, and directories, and onscreen computer output

Edit your .login file.

Use ls -a to list all files.

machine_name% you have mail.

AaBbCc123

What you type, contrasted with onscreen
computer output

machine_name%su

Password:

aabbcc123

Placeholder: replace with a real name or value

The command to
remove a file is rmfilename.

AaBbCc123

Book titles, new terms, and terms to
be emphasized

Read Chapter 6 in the User's Guide.

A cache is a copy
that is stored locally.

Do not save the file.

Note: Some emphasized items appear bold
online.

Shell Prompts in Command Examples

The following table shows the default UNIX system prompt and superuser prompt for
shells that are included in the Oracle Solaris OS. Note that the default
system prompt that is displayed in command examples varies, depending on the Oracle
Solaris release.